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That's the catch. The article didn't say if this caused a great delay or not. Sound to me like it really didn't. The ball was dead, the officials had to report the foul and get them lined up for a free-throw. The article says that the fans were quickly ushered off the court, but doesn't really say what quickly is. I agree that you can't blame the officials for the loss, there is no question about that, this just doesn't seem like the right call in this situation. I can see this being called in a regular season game, but in the playoffs, boy I don't know.